A foundation or supporting component from which other things extend.
The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
(cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
(cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
(chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
An important area in games and sports, including a safe zone in children's games and one of the four places a runner can stand in baseball without being tagged out.
(architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
(biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
(botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
(electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
(geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
(heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne.
(mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
(mathematics) Synonym of radix.
(topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
(topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
(group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
(acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
(linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
(music) Dated form of bass.
(military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
(historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mail or other armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
(politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
(Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
(aviation) Short for base leg.
(slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
(now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
Alternative form of BASE
(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
(transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
(acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
(slang) To freebase.
Low in place or position.
Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
(now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
(of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
Not classical or correct.
Obsolete form of bass.
(law) Not held by honourable service.